Shame for the barberic Acts of Arab Nations.

 

Use of humans in camel racing.  

Camel racing has been around for thousands of years. “The Sport of Sheikhs almost exclusively utilized small children, usually boys around the age of four, to ride and direct the camels. Often, the boys would be starved to be as light as possible. Many of the boys used for the races were often sold to race organizers or camel owners, and there was an active Child slave trade for camel jockeys, involving victims of kidnapping or the children of destitute families who sold them into servitude. The children were rarely schooled, and were sometimes the victims of sexual abuse. In Qatar, camel racing is seen as an historic national pastime, and the use of child labor as camel jockeys has been accepted for centuries. However, as international condemnation of the practice of child jockeys grew, the Emir of Qatar, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, banned child jockeys in 2005 and directed that by 2007, all camel races will be directed by robots.

This is happening in Qatar: an ancestral tradition is going high tech with robots replacing jockeys for the camel races.

The motivation behind it is not enhancing performance, but rather because the supply of jockey is going to dry up, and that’s actually a good thing: Most jockeys for camel races are children from Pakistan and India that were normally kidnapped. The local government has banned child-jockeys that’s why the races will take place with robots. The titanium robot looks and act very much like a human jockey.

A robot jockey is commonly used on camels in camel racing as a replacement for human jockeys. Developed beginning in 2004, the robotic jockeys are slowly phasing out the use of human jockeys, which, in the case of Middle Eastern camel racing, often employs small children who reportedly suffer repeated systemic human rights abuses. In response to international condemnation of such abuses, the nation of Qatar has banned the use of human jockeys in favor of robots.

robotic jockeys.

Development and usage.

The government of Qatar initiated development of the robots beginning in 2002. A Swiss robotics firm named K-Team, under the direction of Alexandre Colot, designed the robots. Part of the initial problems faced by the design team included that the camels were conditioned to the use of human jockeys. Early designs confused or frightened the camels. The designs were modified to include more human-like features. The robots, which are aluminum-framed with a “thorax” about the size of a large book, contain small hinged arms that control the whip and the reins. The robot can also monitor and transmit the speed and heart rate of the camel.

Widespread usage is limited to Qatar where the robots have been widely accepted. Other nations where camel racing is popular, such as the United Arab Emirates, have been facing increased scrutiny and controversy for their continued use of child jockeys.

Statement of central President of ISIJ in Pakistan.

Syed Akbar Abbas

said that:

Hundreds of children are the victims of this black & dirty business. Graph of child abductions are increasing in our country. It is a most hatred act of these Arab Sheikhs, those are arranging these kinds of Camel races and are the main culprits behind these child smuggling / abuse. They are destroying the human lives and are directly responsible behind this child trafficking business of innocent children for camel jockeys. This should be condemned Internationally and must be given harsh sentences through speedy courts, to stop the most backward & satanic enjoyment.

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